The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Hot Topics AA: Al-Bashir cancels Turkey trip as OIC summit opens 11/09/09 AA: Russians Claim Georgia Plans to Buy Sophisticated Weapons from the US 11/11/09 AZ: Azerbaijani President discharges country’s military commissioner 11/10/09 BA: 14 Years After the Bosnian War, Victims of Rape and Sexual Violence Are Still … 11/09/09 CZ: Czech NATO troops spark …
A Disappointing Year With Obama By William Pfaff Posted on Nov 10, 2009 Who would have thought a year ago that most of the issues of conflict in America’s foreign relations would be made worse during the first year following Barack Obama’s election as U.S. president? Even those disputes or differences that were appeased or quiet a …
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Hot Topics AA: Airbus Loses South Africa Military Transporter Order 11/05/09 AA: South African Company to Begin Mining for Diamonds in Zimbabwe 11/06/09 BW: Botswana: UB Scholar Doubts RISDP Success 11/09/09 ET: Ethiopia – War crimes perpetrator paraded as a “Statesman leading Africa” 11/07/09 GN: Guinea will shrug off sanctions: junta aide 11/09/09 LR: Liberia: …
November 9, 2009 Afghan Mythologies by Victor Davis Hanson As President Obama decides whether to send more troops to Afsghanistan, we should remember that most of the conventional pessimism about Afghanistan is only half-truth. Remember the mantra that the region is the “graveyard of empires,” where Alexander the Great, the British in the 19th century, …
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Hot Topics AA: Assassinations, Peace and State Violence in India and Pakistan 11/04/09 AA: Sri Lanka’s top general leaves U.S. unquestioned 11/04/09 BD: Is Bangladesh heading towards civil war? 11/07/09 CN: All forces’ cooperation key to beating terror, says air chief 11/09/09 CN: Chinese premier: Africa trade push is ‘selfless’ 11/07/09 CN: Defying China, Dalai …
Newsweek November 16, 2009 Cover Story The Surprising Lessons Of Vietnam Unraveling the mysteries of Vietnam may prevent us from repeating its mistakes By Evan Thomas and John Barry Stanley Karnow is the author of Vietnam: A History, generally regarded as the standard popular account of the Vietnam War. This past summer, Karnow, 84, picked up …
Berto Jongman recommends…. Understanding History’s Seven Stages of Jihad by Sebnastian L.v. Gorka CTC Sentinel October 2009 V 2 I 10 pp. 15-17 Phi Beta Iota: The Counterterrorism Center (CTC) at West Point has been doing extraordinary work of very high value to the U.S. Central Command, with an emphasis on understanding. Click on the …
